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He died at 0930 hours (90 minutes before the armistice came into effect) whilst on a patrol on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium. Ellison came from Leeds, England. Sometime just before the outbreak of war he was recalled to the army, joining the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, serving in the army at the start of the war.
He fought at the Battle of Mons in 1914, and several other battles including the Battle of Ypres, Battle of Armentières, Battle of Louisiana Bassée, Battle of Lens, Battle of Loos, and Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.
Ellison, stated to be aged 40, is buried in the Street Symphorien Military Cemetery, just southeast of Mons. Coincidentally, and in large part due to Mons being lost in the very opening stages of the war and regained at the very end (from the British perspective), his grave faces that of John Parr, the first British soldier killed during the Great War.
At least two grandchildren of his were alive as of 2008.
